How to Create a Spiritual Garden©
Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008
by Arlene Wright-Correll
http://www.learn-america.com
Creating stress free sacred spaces outdoors should really be an essential part of a gardener's plan when designing the garden. When designing a garden it becomes more than just laying out a "floor plan" for flowers and other plants. It is a portal into one's soul because it is something you have created with your own thoughts and it becomes what you want it to be.
We live in a high tech, stressful world and workplace. Even going to the supermarket is stressful nowadays. The movies have become stressful for me because of the loudness of Dolby's surround-a-sound or whatever it is called and I love movies!
Creating a sacred space in one's garden is a wonderful way to create something that slows us down, forcing patience and tuning us into the slow pace of nature that preaches and teaches a lesson in renewal which is part of our tuning into our inner self.
When was the last time you had a quiet place to sit and contemplate the complexity of nature by looking at a single drop of water on one of your plants or flowers after a rain?
You can create a spiritual palette when you design a quiet place in your garden. Colors shape our moods, elicit our emotions and the use of colors in a sanctuary garden can be profoundly effective in increasing or decreasing our spiritual receptivity.
Mary Webb once said, "Green is the fresh emblem of well-founded hopes and in blue, the spirit can wander, but in green it can rest." Red is the color of passion and Anne Morrow Lindberg once said, "Bright bursts of yellow in early spring Forsythia is pure joy."
The ancient Egyptians felt that blue was the color of Universal truth and spirit and one can add that spirit with many colors of blue in one's sacred garden spot by planting such flowers as Anemone blanda or the Chilean crocus.
Adding a water feature, even a small one, or a small wind chime to your special sacred garden spot will give you a very relaxing atmosphere. Don't forget to add a chair or tow or a bench and perhaps an umbrella or a small pergola so you can sit outside and enjoy the shade, sound and color at the end of your busy day taking the time to recharge your batteries!
Creating a sacred space in one's garden is a wonderful way to create something that slows us down, forcing patience and tuning us into the slow pace of nature that preaches and teaches a lesson in renewal which is part of our tuning into our inner self.
When was the last time you had a quiet place to sit and contemplate the complexity of nature by looking at a single drop of water on one of your plants or flowers after a rain?
You can create a spiritual palette when you design a quiet place in your garden. Colors shape our moods, elicit our emotions and the use of colors in a sanctuary garden can be profoundly effective in increasing or decreasing our spiritual receptivity.
Mary Webb once said, "Green is the fresh emblem of well-founded hopes and in blue, the spirit can wander, but in green it can rest." Red is the color of passion and Anne Morrow Lindberg once said, "Bright bursts of yellow in early spring Forsythia is pure joy."
The ancient Egyptians felt that blue was the color of Universal truth and spirit and one can add that spirit with many colors of blue in one's sacred garden spot by planting such flowers as Anemone blanda or the Chilean crocus.
Adding a water feature, even a small one, or a small wind chime to your special sacred garden spot will give you a very relaxing atmosphere. Don't forget to add a chair or tow or a bench and perhaps an umbrella or a small pergola so you can sit outside and enjoy the shade, sound and color at the end of your busy day taking the time to recharge your batteries!
"Tread the Earth Lightly" and in the meantime… May your day be filled with…
Peace, Light and Love,
Author's note: This article was originally written for GreenThumbArticles.com
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